1.   As Olympic inspectors were touring Beijing five months ago, the government gave a two-year term to Shan Chengfeng, wife of a jailed activist.

2.   The jailed activists were not expected to be released until after the convention ends Thursday.

3.   Palestinians claim Israel has violated the accords by failing to free jailed political activists and allowing the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

4.   President Nelson Mandela will ask Indonesian President Suharto to free jailed East Timorese activist Xanana Gusmao when Suharto visits South Africa next week.

5.   Perhaps the most difficult issue is the Palestinian demand for the release of jailed activists involved in attacks on Israel.

6.   At the same time, Palestinian officials accused Israel of violating accord by not freeing jailed Palestinian activists and by confiscating West Bank land.

7.   At the same time, Palestinian officials accused Israel of violating the Wye River summit accord by not freeing jailed Palestinian activists and by confiscating West Bank land.

8.   China has released a jailed Christian activist just before an official visit by three U.S. religious leaders, a human rights group said Sunday.

9.   He said he wanted followers to wear black mourning clothes, visit graves of those killed in the unrest and the homes of families of jailed activists.

10.   Iranian authorities have released four Iranian dissidents from jail during the past two days, the wife of a jailed activist said Thursday.